Palliative Care Consultations in Haemato-oncology

• 1. Management of myeloma ; 2. Management of lymphoma ; 3. Management of acute leukaemias ; 4. Myelodysplastic syndromes ; 5. Bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation ; 6. Palliative care for patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy ; 7. Mouth care for haematology patients ; 8. The essentials of symptom control in haemato-oncology ; 9. When the opioid fails: managing the patient with severe neuropathic pain ; 10. Changing the emphasis from active curative care to active palliative care in haematology patients ; 11. The significance and management of anaemia in palliative care patients ; 12. Thrombotic and bleeding complications in haematological malignancies ; 13. The management of sweating ; 14. Home care for terminally ill haematology patients ; 15. The last days of life

Whilst the target audience is the hospital palliative care team, this concise and reasonably priced volume would undoubtedly also be valuable to doctors and specialist nurses in haematology... Overall I would certainly recommend this book.